CVE-2006-5455

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in editversions.cgi in Bugzilla before 2.22.1 and 2.23.x before 2.23.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to create, modify, or delete arbitrary bug reports via a crafted URL.

Published: 2006-10-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5455 is rated Low Risk (35.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5455

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.30% 1.57% +0.28%
2 2025-11-16 1.00% 1.30% +0.30%
3 2025-10-14 1.00%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5455

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5455

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5455

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5455: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5455
gentoo normal CVE-2006-5455: 1 GLSA(s) (200611-04), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/bugzilla); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-5455
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5455 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5455

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5455

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.22.1 Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.23.3

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5455

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla <= 2.22.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5455

cvelogic Threat Intelligence